top stories on our syria armenia's prime minister has accused top military offices of attempting a coup after they demanded he step down because of pressuring iran brought thousands of supporters out on the streets of year of on saying his political future can only be decided by the people the opposition also came out to protest and set up camp outside parliament. has been facing immense pressure to resign over last year's war with azerbaijan in the disputed nagorno-karabakh region it will reduce your. risk happening now the statement from the general staff calling for my resignation i consider it an attempt at a military coup you know that i took all responsibility for what happened and tried to do everything to answer all the questions myself now we have come to a stage where we cannot avoid questions towards some of our high level ranking military personnel supporters of manned mars military have attacked protesters with knives iron rods and sling shots it's unclear how many people were injured in the violence in young gone thousands of people have been protesting against the militar

remind of the top stories here not just syria armenia's prime minister has held a mass rally in the capital yerevan after accusing top military officers of attempting crew senior army officials to join calls for him to step down amid public anger over last year's war with azerbaijan in the disputed nagorno-karabakh region. supporters of myanmar military of attacked protesters with knives iron rods and slingshot us in the city of young goan thousands of people have been protesting against the military since it seized power in a coup earlier this month. and the head of the european commission says the e.u. is on track to meet its target of fully vaccinating 70 percent of adults by the end of the summer just one criticism of its slow rollout underline spoke often in unity does put pressure on astra zeneca over delayed 19 vaccines supplies. bring them on our top story mania just 3 years ago promised an eco was the one leading mass demonstrations against. this year on. looks at his rise to power and recent decline in popularity. thank you for talking to aides last year as the conflict with azerb

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in armenia prime minister nicole pushing me and has fired his military chief to syria army officials called for his resignation he says the call amounts to a coup attempt thousands of rabid both for and against oppression in a potence of set up camp outside parliament but of smith reports in the center of yerevan on thursday amin is prime minister was defiant in the face of calls from the military for him to stand down made. some people want to drag the army into unconstitutional processes this is an untainted coup but the people will not allow a military coup in armenia. an estimated 20000 people came out onto the streets of the capital after nicol pushing in called for a show of support. back on take part in political processes it must obey the people and the elected authorities machine ian has been under pressure to resign after his country lost last year's war with azerbaijan over the region of nagorno-karabakh i'm not in the as much of supporter of passion you know but i don't honda corrupt agreement to come more than 3 and a half 1000 armenian soldiers were killed in the 6 week

syria. so this is al jazeera these are the top stories and armenia's prime minister has accused his armed forces of an attempted coup nicole passion u.n. has fired his military chief after the army called for his resignation he's taken to the streets of the capital where he called on his supporters to join him but the opposition plans a counter-rally of their own in the coming hours robin frosty walker has the latest now from tbilisi. dismissed. the head.

100 attacks in northeastern syria 40 commuters died recently in an attack on a bus people in the crisis torn region once again fear for their lives. well tonight in armenia months of political tensions are reaching a tipping point today thousands attended rallies in the capital yerevan after the prime minister accused the military of an attempted coup many turned out to support the prime minister but many others are calling for his resignation the prime minister has been a divisive figure morse following armenia's defeat in a conflict with. last year. an embattled leader holding on to power for now i mean these top generals called on prime minister nicole passion to resign on thursday following months of protests but this time he supporters of come out in full it's in front of the crowd in the capital yerevan passion young denounce the army's move is an attempt to. get kicked out all the army must do its job too. the army cannot look back the army cannot interfere in political processes the army must of by only the people and the political power chosen by the people. yes. but the opposition also took to the streets and they say they intend to stay that p

shamima begum women who join deisel in syria cannot return to challenge a decision revoking her british citizenship. and hundreds of opposition supporters in armenia demand the prime minister's resignation over last year's defeats in the war with us or by john. and score a former u.s. gymnastics coach facing multiple abuse charges has committed suicide john get at her close links with disgraced team doctor laurie nasa. well it's been 4 weeks since a military coup in myanmar overthrew its democratically elected leaders triggering the most widespread protests the country's seen in years. and now for the 1st time the u.n. general assembly is meeting on the coup and the crackdown and here's why this was friday morning in myanmar's biggest city go police use stun grenades to despairs protesters so far they've been no reports of injuries but several people have been detained while demonstrations have continued across the country despite the military's attempts to suppress them at least 3 people have been killed since protests began shortly after the february 1st coup. well let's speak to our diplomatic editor james bays c joins us now live from the unit

facing protests and calls to step down robin for syria walker is joining us now from tbilisi robin what more can you tell us about the situation in armenia. well nick is hoping that he's going to be able to pull out large numbers of armenians to republic square in the center of yerevan which is where all demonstrations in the past were if close in support of him when he came to power a few years ago in the so-called velvet revolution now he's in a political struggle of his of his life having said that the statements issued by the armed forces the general staff of the armed forces of the republican army a calling for his and his government's resignation amounted to a military coup so. when he when he went on air a short time ago addressing the armenian public on his facebook page in a facebook life he actually on air dismissed the heads of the armed forces and now he's waiting for more people to arrive on republic square where he will make a public address at 4 o'clock local time yet robin and i believe are looking at the latest pictures from your of our people seem to be converging on the square sort of be interesting to see how many peo